FM Chairs Sudan delegation to 72nd Session of UN General Assembly

Khartoum, (SUNA)-Foreign Minister, Professor Ibrahim Ghandour will start , Wednesday a visit to the United States heading Sudan delegation participating in meetings of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly which convene this year under the theme ” Focusing on People, Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet.”

Foreign Ministry Official Spokesman, Ambassador Qareeb Alla Al-Khidir told SUNA that the Foreign Minister will deliver Sudan address before the Assembly on 23 September and meet his counterparts from sisterly and brotherly countries on the sideline of the UN General Assembly meetings as well as the UN Secretary-General.

He added the Minister will also participate in high-profile activities to be held on fringes of the meetings , top of which are high-level meetings on South Sudan, Central African Republic, peacekeeping operations and demographic returns in Africa.

Ambassador Qareeb Alla further added the Foreign Minister will meets a number of US administration officials in Washington to discuss bilateral issues of concern to the two countries.

The Minister , he said, will head to Belgian capital , Brussels on 29 September to partake in meeting between the IGAD Foreign Ministers and European Union